Daniel 10:5

10:5 I looked up ¹  and saw a ²  man ³  clothed in linen; ⁴  around his waist was a belt made of gold from Upaz. ⁵ 

Daniel 10:21

10:21 However, I will first tell you what is written in a dependable book. ⁶  (There is no one who strengthens me against these princes, ⁷  except Michael your ⁸  prince.

Daniel 11:20

11:20 There will arise after him ⁹  one ¹⁰  who will send out an exactor ¹¹  of tribute to enhance the splendor of the kingdom, but after a few days he will be destroyed, ¹²  though not in anger or battle.

Daniel 11:27

11:27 These two kings, their minds ¹³  filled with evil intentions, will trade ¹⁴  lies with one another at the same table. But it will not succeed, for there is still an end at the appointed time.

[10:5]  ¹ tn Heb “I lifted up my eyes.”

[10:5]  ² tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective is used here like an English indefinite article.

[10:5]  ³ sn The identity of the messenger is not specifically disclosed. Presumably he is an unnamed angel. Some interpreters identify him as Gabriel, but there is no adequate reason for doing so.

[10:5]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew word בַּדִּים (baddim) is a plural of extension. See GKC 396-97 §124.a, b, c and Joüon 2:500 §136.c.

[10:5]  ⁵ tn The location of this place and even the exact form of the Hebrew name אוּפָז (’ufaz) are uncertain. Apparently it was a source for pure gold. (See Jer 10:9.) The Hebrew word פָז (paz, “refined gold” or “pure gold”) is more common in the OT than אוּפָז, and some scholars emend the text of Dan 10:5 to read this word. Cf. also “Ophir” (1 Kgs 9:28; Isa 13:12; Job 22:24; 28:16).

[10:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “a book of truth.” Several English versions treat this as a title of some sort (cf. NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT), although the NAB’s rendering “the truthful book” regards “truth” as an attributive adjective, as does the present translation.

[10:21]  ⁷ tn The word “princes” is supplied for clarity.

[10:21]  ⁸ tn The pronoun is plural in Hebrew, suggesting that Michael is the angelic prince of Daniel and his people.

[11:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “on his place.”

[11:20]  ¹² sn The one who will send out an exactor of tribute was Seleucus IV Philopator (ca. 187-176 B.C.).

[11:20]  ¹³ sn Perhaps this exactor of tribute was Heliodorus (cf. 2 Maccabees 3).

[11:20]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “broken” or “shattered.”

[11:27]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “heart.” So also in v. 28.

[11:27]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “speak.”